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Sony Xperia ZR announced, allows underwater photography to five feet of depth (video)

Posted by Gsurface on May 13, 2013 No comments

Sony’s ratcheted up its water-resistant device tech a notch with the launch of the Xperia ZR, a new 4.6-inch, 720P Android smartphone that’s waterproof to 1.5m (5 feet). Sony claims the new addition to the Xperia Z line will let film your snorkeling adventures in full HD quality with HDR in video or 13-megapixel stills thanks to the Exmor RS image sensor. The handset also boasts a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core 1.5GHZ CPU, 2GB RAM, LTE, NFC, Sony’s Walkman album and movie apps and an OptiContrast OLED screen with Bravia tech to reduce glare “even in bright sunlight.” There’s no word yet on pricing or availability, but as soon as we here more, we’ll try to prep you ahead of that next beach-bound holiday. Meanwhile, you can check the galleries, PR and video after the break for more.

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Sony records its first net profit in five years

Posted by Gsurface on May 9, 2013 No comments

Electronics giant swings profit on sale of assets while demand continues to deteriorate for products in its core electronics business. [Read more]

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Internet cookies get five year death sentence

Posted by Gsurface on April 29, 2013 No comments

Internet tracking cookies may soon see their demise, at least according to Paul Cimino, the Vice President and General Manager at Brilig Digital Data Solutions, a company that looks through 1st and 3rd party data to leverage for marketing campaigns. He says that the internet cookie has “5 years at most” to live before its

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Facebook Home Hits 500K Downloads In Five Days, Pales In Comparison To Instagram’s Android Shift

Posted by Gsurface on April 22, 2013 No comments

It would appear that Facebook Home has just surpassed 500k downloads on Google Play since launching on the platform five days ago on April 16. The app’s Google Play listing notes the milestone, and Ben Evans confirmed on Twitter.

Facebook Home isn’t so much of an app as a user interface for the phone, putting Facebook smack dab in the center of Android user’s smartphone experience. Users with Facebook Home can post status updates and view the newsfeed straight from the lock screen, and conduct messaging without ever being interrupted thanks to Chat Heads.
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Engadget Giveaway: win one of five Linksys router bundles!

Posted by Gsurface on April 16, 2013 No comments

Didn’t win a router bundle last week? Guess what — you’ve got another opportunity! Linksys is following up with a fantastic combo of its own: five sets of its Smart WiFi 802.11ac AC1750 router (a $ 220 value) and Wi-Fi 5GHz Universal Media Connector Bridge (a $ 160 value). These are some of the best on the market, so we’re a bit jealous that we can’t enter the contest ourselves. So head to the widget below and grab two free entries, as well as a bonus entry if you head to Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite social network to Like Linksys. Best of luck to you all!

Note: Please enter using the widget below, as comments are no longer valid methods of entry. The widget only requires your name and email address so we know how to get in touch with you if you win (your information is not given out to third parties), but you will have an option to receive an additional entry by liking Linksys on Facebook if you so desire.

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Iterations: How Five Real Economists Think About Bitcoin’s Future

Posted by Gsurface on April 14, 2013 No comments

There isn’t just a bubble in the Bitcoin economy, there’s a bubble in the number of posts about Bitcoin. I’ll pile on, even after this week’s mini-crash, but with a twist. A few weeks ago, I wrote some brief notes on what I thought about Bitcoin, but the over-arching feeling I had was that I couldn’t put my finger on what could become of this currency in the future. Perhaps that’s part of the reason this phenomenon is so fascinating to us all.
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Microsoft’s Bing shows five times more malware than Google

Posted by Gsurface on April 12, 2013 No comments

Between Google and Microsoft’s Bing search engine, Google has always reigned supreme as the most popular choice, and it’s a good thing too, since a recent study found that Bing returned around five times more malware in search results than Google, meaning that Bing highlighted websites that contained malicious code of some kind. German independent

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GitHub turns five, boasts 3.5 million users

Posted by Gsurface on April 11, 2013 No comments

If you’re a programmer of some kind, then you’re undoubtedly familiar with GitHub, an online collaboration website that allows programmers to share and collaborate on open source projects. The site turned five years old today, and the founders announced that GitHub has 3.5 million users with over 6 million repositories. In a short-and-sweet blog post

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LED Lights to Cut 60-Watt Bulb to Five Watts

Posted by Gsurface on April 11, 2013 No comments

Philips seeks to replace florescent tube light with an LED using technology planned for other types of bulbs.

Philips has cut the amount of power of its overhead LED tube light in half, a sign of continuing improvements in LED lighting geared at displacing incumbent technologies.

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NVIDIA GeForce 700M brings on five notebook-bound beasts

Posted by Gsurface on April 1, 2013 No comments

With the release of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan GPU this year, we knew NVIDIA wasn’t going to pull any punches when it came to offering the highest-powered hardware to the public at any cost. Here with the reveal of the GeForce 700M family, the battle continues with notebook warriors galore. You’ll be seeing the

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Romanian citizen sentenced to five years in phishing scheme

Posted by Gsurface on March 27, 2013 No comments

A 28-year-old Romanian man was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for his role in a phishing scheme, as part of a seven-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Five Opportunities for Mobile Computing

Posted by Gsurface on March 22, 2013 No comments

Thousands of startup companies see mobile computing as their chance to strike it big. We picked five.

Some 50 mobile-computing startup companies get funded by investors each month in the United States, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Around the world, tens of thousands more entrepreneurs are dreaming and coding and trying to invent something big.

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Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists

Posted by Gsurface on March 12, 2013 No comments

Reporters Without Borders named five countries that regularly spy on journalists and dissidents, a practice the group contends is made possible with advanced technology from private companies.
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Crave giveaway: Five magazine subscriptions from Zinio

Posted by Gsurface on March 8, 2013 No comments

Like to read? Digital newsstand Zinio’s offering up five free magazine subscriptions from its tech and science section. Dem’s a lot of words. [Read more]

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Sony explains five key principles of the UI

Posted by Gsurface on February 20, 2013 No comments

Sony just announced the PlayStation 4 here at their PlayStation event in New York City, and before they’re showing off the actual console and demoing some of its features, they’re taking the time to explain what they call the five key principles of the user interface: Simple, Immediate, Social, Integrated, and Personalized. First off, Sony

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The Five Ways Users Organize Their Apps And What App Designers Can Learn From This

Posted by Gsurface on February 11, 2013 No comments

A new report from German researchers reveals the five main ways people are organizing the applications on their smartphones. Despite the somewhat esoteric focus of a study like this, the resulting analysis has a broader impact on our digital lives. The content found in mobile app stores is growing at an exponential rate. There are over 800,000 iOS applications, just under that on Android, and app downloads are nearing the point where they’re double that of songs. Songs!

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Microsoft to open five more retail stores by summer

Posted by Gsurface on February 5, 2013 No comments

Microsoft will open five new retail stores by summer, including one it’s transmuting from a “pop-up” outlet created last year to drive holiday sales.
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Benchmarks appear for five new Samsung devices

Posted by Gsurface on February 4, 2013 No comments

GLBenchmarks for five new, unannounced Samsung devices have surfaced, including model GT-I9150/GT-I9152. Recently, benchmarks had surfaced for Samsung’s GT-B9150, as well as several other devices. Four of the five new devices that have cropped up are Galaxy devices comprised of the Galaxy Pocket 2, the Galaxy Star, the Galaxy Young, and the Galaxy Frame, in

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Battery Material Prevents Fires, Stores Five Times the Energy

Posted by Gsurface on January 26, 2013 No comments

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a solid electrolyte to replace flammable ones used in lithium-ion batteries.

An electrolyte developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could enable lithium-ion batteries that store five to 10 times more energy and are safer than the ones that recently caught fire on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

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Using Five 3D Cameras to Bring You the World

Posted by Gsurface on January 11, 2013 No comments

Panasonic pursues the Holy Grail of panoramas: simulating travel.

Making images has always been about simulating the experience of actually being there. Throughout the history of spectacle, panoramas in particular have attempted to simulate the experience of travel. In the early 1800s, for instance, a craze for 360-degree panoramic painting swept the art world; “audiences flocked by the thousands to witness the latest spectacular representations of nature, battle scenes, and exotic locations,” writes one scholar. With the advent of photography, this impulse carried over into a new medium, most memorably in Eadweard Muybridge’s San Francisco panoramas.

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Five Technologies to Watch in 2013

Posted by Gsurface on December 28, 2012 No comments

With big developments in 2012, these five stories are still unfolding.

Another year has come and gone, and it’s time to look back on 2012 at the most intriguing gadgets and doohickeys of the year. In particular, here are five technologies that stand out, looking back–largely because the rest of their stories remain unwritten.

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Twitter: The five biggest stories of 2012

Posted by Gsurface on December 28, 2012 No comments

Twitter got bigger than ever, and is now essential in daily life. When the pope tweeted, it capped a 2012 full of controversy, business battles, and helping spread crucial information. [Read more]

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Amazon: The five biggest stories of 2012

Posted by Gsurface on December 26, 2012 No comments

The e-commerce giant spent the year stepping on its competitors’ toes — as usual. [Read more]

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Policy and privacy: Five reasons why 2012 mattered

Posted by Gsurface on December 24, 2012 No comments

It was the year of Internet activism with a sharp political point: Protests derailed the Stop Online Piracy Act, assisted in imploding a United Nations summit, and helped to postpone a data-sharing bill. [Read more]

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Five things Microsoft must do for Windows 8 in 2013

Posted by Gsurface on December 22, 2012 No comments

Reactions to Windows 8′s launch mirrored the operating system’s own split personality. Here’s what Microsoft needs to do to keep the OS from getting left on the showroom floor. [Read more]

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Five things Windows 8 must do in 2013

Posted by Gsurface on December 21, 2012 No comments

Reactions to Windows 8′s launch mirrored the operating system’s own split personality. Here’s what Microsoft needs to do to keep it from getting left on the floor. [Read more]

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Digital entertainment in 2013: Five predictions

Posted by Gsurface on December 21, 2012 No comments

Here’s some of what we think we’ll be writing about during the next year, from Netflix’s comeback to iRadio to Kim DotCom staying put in New Zealand. [Read more]

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Facebook: Five things to watch for in 2013

Posted by Gsurface on December 20, 2012 No comments

A new ad network and more ways to sell you things through your phone are among the developments you should expect to see in the coming year. [Read more]

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Computers to see, hear, smell in five years

Posted by Gsurface on December 17, 2012 No comments

By 2017, technology will have advanced far enough that computers will be able to see, smell, touch taste and hear, via digital taste buds, newly sensitive pixels and other innovations.

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Apple in 2013: Five predictions

Posted by Gsurface on December 17, 2012 No comments

What’s Apple got cooking in the new year? CNET rounds up five things to look for from the tech giant in the next 12 months. [Read more]

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Five lies your TV salesperson will tell you

Posted by Gsurface on December 10, 2012 No comments

Don’t be fooled by the jargon, spin, and outright lies. Make sure you get the best TV at the best price. [Read more]

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Five Years In And Profitable, Gilt Refocuses On New Leadership, An IPO In 2013 And More

Posted by Gsurface on December 9, 2012 No comments

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson walked into famed celebrity designer Zac Posen’s showroom in November 2007 prepared to give the pitch of her life. The Gilt co-founder was attempting to sell Posen and his team on putting some of the designer’s excess inventory on the yet-to-be-launched flash sales e-commerce platform. At the time, the flash sales industry was nascent, so many, including the fashion industry, had no idea what a flash sale was.
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Best Buy sends five iPads in error, says ‘keep them’

Posted by Gsurface on December 8, 2012 No comments

In an attack of holiday spirit, Best Buy admits it made a mistake in sending a customer five iPads instead of one. The company says the customer should give the extras to people in need. [Read more]

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Sync.ME Launches Android Version After After Hitting Five Million Installs On iPhone

Posted by Gsurface on December 6, 2012 No comments

Cobook, a contact management app alternative to Mac OS X’s default address book, today released its iOS version, which creates a unified address book by syncing your iPhone contacts with data from social networks. But the game just got more competitive, as Sync.ME, a social contact synchronization service displays the latest Facebook statuses or photos from the person calling onto the screen, today launched an Android version of the app, which you can download from the Google Play store here.
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Samsung Galaxy Note II ‘Phablet’ Passes Five Million Channel Sales In ~Two Months

Posted by Gsurface on November 26, 2012 No comments

At the start of this month Samsung announced that channel sales of its mini-tablet-sized smartphone, the Galaxy Note II, had passed three million unit sales in 37 days on sale. Now the Korean mobile maker has announced that cumulative global channel sales of the device have exceeded five million after around two months since launch.
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Five Things the Petraeus Affair Teaches Us About Online Surveillance

Posted by Gsurface on November 14, 2012 No comments

The FBI methods used to reveal the CIA director’s affair are relevant to all Web users

When the FBI started investigating harassing emails sent to a resident of Tampa Bay that organized parties for a local Air Force base, it soon became a much broader investigation that led to the uncovering of an affair between CIA director David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell. Now reports of how the FBI uncovered a series of online email accounts and figured out who was using them have revealed things about digital surveillance that will surprise many Web users, and even tidbits that have impressed experts. Here are five things we’ve learned so far:

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Get five Android games for whatever price you want

Posted by Gsurface on November 9, 2012 No comments

And if you pay more than the average, you’ll get a sixth game. Plus, you get the desktop versions, too! It’s the latest Humble Bundle, with some proceeds going to charity. [Read more]

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Five Reasons for Apple to Ditch Intel’s Chips

Posted by Gsurface on November 7, 2012 No comments

Apple could open up new opportunities by building PCs with the same chips as in iPhones and iPads

Bloomberg reports that Apple is considering a revolutionary step in the computing business: building its PCs around processor technology like that used in tablets and smartphones. It’s a step that would see the company ditch the world’s largest chip maker, Intel.

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As it turns five, Android solidifies its smartphone OS dominance

Posted by Gsurface on November 3, 2012 No comments

Five years after its inception, Android is more dominant than ever in the smartphone OS market, despite facing a number of challenges along the way.
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Five iPhone 5s in five days: win a black Verizon iPhone 5 and two cases, courtesy of Seidio!

Posted by Gsurface on October 30, 2012 No comments

Whether or not you’re having a case of the Mondays, you have to admit that this is a pretty solid way to start off the week. Amidst the swarm of tech news coming out today, we’re kicking off a full week of iPhone 5 giveaways! Seidio is here to get things going the right way, offering a black 16GB Verizon iPhone 5 and two of its rugged cases: the ACTIVE, complete with metal kickstand, as well as the CONVERT Combo. As you may have already guessed, Seidio produces a full ecosystem of premium accessories like the ones you see above. Head to the link above (and the Facebook link below) to see more options if you’re still on the lookout. And while you’re on the lookout, keep an eye out for the rest of the iPhone 5s we give away this week!

Remember folks, we’re extending the life of each contest to five days, which means you have until Friday night to submit your entry — all you have to do is leave a comment below!

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Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies

Posted by Gsurface on October 28, 2012 No comments

Big Data is on every CIO’s mind this quarter, and for good reason. Companies will have spent $ 4.3 billion on Big Data technologies by the end of 2012.

But here’s where it gets interesting. Those initial investments will in turn trigger a domino effect of upgrades and new initiatives that are valued at $ 34 billion for 2013, per Gartner. Over a 5 year period, spend is estimated at $ 232 billion.

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Introducing Engadget’s next giveaway: Five iPhone 5s in five days!

Posted by Gsurface on October 28, 2012 No comments

A lot of you out there have been anxiously awaiting the holidays, and — more importantly — an excuse to get your hands on the latest iPhone. In fact, the demand is so high that Apple is still experiencing inventory shortages. We don’t want that little niggle getting in your way, of course, so we’ve teamed up with five different companies to get you set up with an iPhone! So here’s the deal: beginning Monday, we will begin one new iPhone 5 contest every day through Friday. Some of the contests will feature the actual phone (carrier branding may vary), while others will offer an Apple Store gift card to cover the cost of buying one without a contract.

You can enter each individual contest once, giving you five separate opportunities to win over the course of the next week. So be on the lookout starting Monday, and make sure you come back every day to increase your chances of winning! Below you’ll find the companies involved, so that way you know exactly who to thank for your new toy. This post is not a contest, by the way, so leaving a comment here won’t enter you to win. Just make sure you’re back here bright and early on Monday — believe us, there will be plenty of other awesome news to check out that day while you’re here.

Note: this next week is going to be a pretty hectic one, so we’re going to keep each contest open for five days rather than the usual two.

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Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do)

Posted by Gsurface on September 30, 2012 No comments

Is the new iOS App Store a step forward or step back for mobile app developers, users, and the app economy overall? Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired App Store redesign in iOS 6, sales have noticeably dropped. Others say the changes are good for indie developers.

Whichever side of the coin you’re on, there are a number of reasons why developers are feeling the effects. In the new iOS App Store, the user interface now encourages a slower search method (flipping through cards, not scrolling through vertical lists), less attention is given to new releases and category-based search as “Genius” recommendations are given a higher billing, App Store SEO (ASO) is basically a black box that no one seems to understand, and more.
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Five Reasons Cord-Cutting May Not Be For You

Posted by Gsurface on September 15, 2012 No comments

Are you ready to ditch cable? It’s not for everyone–yet.

For those interested in the phenomenon of “cord-cutting”–the rather dramatic term the tech press has given to the choice of simply eschewing cable TV (as though our relation to that medium were almost umbilical)–I highly recommend Wired’s recent series of articles on the practice. Mat Honan’s summary of the phenomenon is one of the most cogent and helpful I’ve come across, in the twisted, identity-bending, downright farcical world that is modern television.

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Five hybrid cars: The newest gas-electric fuel-sippers

Posted by Gsurface on September 11, 2012 No comments

The Toyota Prius may still be the hybrid market leader, but there are many other options on the market.
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Five major obstacles to putting humans on Mars

Posted by Gsurface on September 3, 2012 No comments

NASA was successful in putting the largest rover ever on to the surface of the red planet when Curiosity touched down last month. So far, the Curiosity mission has gone off nearly perfectly and the rover is doing its job of investigating the surface of the red planet. In the future, NASA hopes to go

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Final Chapter of Pink Five To Be Released On January 2013

Posted by Gsurface on September 2, 2012 No comments

An anonymous reader writes “After a successful funding run at Kickstarter, the final chapter of the Star Wars fan film Pink Five is committed to a release date of January 1, 2013. Great news for the followers of this great webseries.”

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